Boston bomber deserves fair trial in court of law
Dhokhar Tsarnaev wasn’t immediately read Miranda rights after his arrest.
USG should focus on student funding
Instead of funding recreational sports, USG must find a way to fund other student groups.
News media ownership must be scrutinized
When readers sit down to read the newspaper every morning, they probably never think about the people who own it. This might change with a recent controversy surrounding the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times. Since 2000, the L.A. Times has been the property of the media company Tribune, which owns copious news stations, […]
Letter to the editor
The importance of volunteerism As one of the leading universities in the country, USC should make volunteerism a requirement for graduation and aim to focus its resources on promoting volunteerism on campus if it wants its students to have a greater impact on the world. College is the time to explore your interests and to […]
Immigrants a vital part of the future of the US
The bombing of the Boston Marathon has prompted some politicians to voice their concerns at the prospects of changing current immigration practices.
Letter to the editor
In response to Sragow video Throughout the last few days, some people have mistakenly assumed that I want to censor professors’ freedom of speech. Not once have I ever advocated such a thing. In many cases it serves students well for professors to express their own opinions and political experience. Nevertheless, the role of the […]
FDA must keep generic OxyContin
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday its decision to ban generic versions of the original OxyContin formula, a narcotic medication often widely used to treat and alleviate chronic pain. According to CNN, the agency has decided upon this change “in an effort to curb prescription painkiller abuse.” Since it was first approved in […]
What freedom do teachers have in assigning work?
An Albany, NY teacher should be ashamed for assigning an essay putting students in the shoes of Nazis. Last week, an unnamed English teacher at Albany High School in New York was put on leave by the school district after giving out a rather unsettling prompt for a persuasive essay. According to USA Today, the […]
Dress code laws infringe upon personal freedoms
A proposed bill in Ugandan parliament forbids women from wearing miniskirts.
Fee for 9/11 memorial necessary
For many, two dollars might seem like a trifling amount — or at least nothing to argue over. But in the case of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center in New York City, it’s a different story. The memorial foundation’s recent announcement that a temporary two-dollar service fee for […]